senate majority leader harry reid said their goal was to protect america's middle class.middle class won't go up 22--undrrdddollars 3 &pcertainty to lan how they'll pay for groceries, reet, car paymenns all during nnxt year. senate minooity leader mitch mcconnell said repubbicans agreed to the measure rather sufferrwe don't think taxes should be going up on anyone but we all knew hat if we did nothing they would be going up pn everyooe todaa. we weren't going to let that happen.thee house reconvenes today at noon and is expected to take up the measure at thhtt ime.i'm ed payneereporting. & u-s lawmakkrs also have tt worry about the debt ceiling. the u-s reaahed its legal trilllon doolars monday.the &ptreasury department is taking eed of february. ime until the same sex marriage is officially on the books here in marrland. maryyand.by the authority &pvested in e i pronounne you married... cheers cheersseveral ccuplessmarried soon aaterrmidnight at baltimore's city hall.voters legalizeddthe unions in nooember... and the law wenn into effect as soon as the first couples to be legally -